Jul 11, 2011
I can't believe this stuff even happens.
I receiced a call on a Sunday. I simply answered the phone and said hello. The guy on the other end just pronounced a name as if a friend was calling me and recognized my voice.
I said "you have the wrong number," so he asked if I was the owner of the house and I asked "why do you need to know?" So he said "OK, I'll call back later" and just hung up. What's up with that?
I called back on my cell phone and a guy answered and said "This is the FOP, thank you for calling us again." Again??? Really.
He then said that in order to assist me he had to record the conversation. I asked why he needed to do this and he said it was for my protection. Can you believe this? I would have expected the usual "for quality assurance and training" nonsense you always get.
So I said "For my protection? What do I need to be protected from?" He revised that to say that the recording was so that we would be on the same page. OK, not sure what that means either.
And during this time he is very persistent about recording the call so I kept stalling him a little bit by asking him what he does but he wouldn't tell me. He said that if I wasn't OK with the recording he would have to terminate the call. So I hung up.
If this was really the FOP, why the bizarre initial phone call, and why the evasive response when I called back? I would assume that if this was really the FOP, I would have been treated with courtesy.
Is it legal to misrepresent yourself? Any ideas?